His Time to Shine

Since the time he started school, my son has been getting good grades. Each schoolyear end, however, he gets disappointed at not getting at least one medal. Last March, he was even one of the section honors, though not enough to land him a medal. I have of course explained to him that the medal isn't all that important [and all the other things every mom say to help a child get over a disappointment].

But last night, he was telling me, "mama, did you know that there were only three of us who got the Best English Speaker Award?" No, i didn't, so i asked him how he knew. He said that after the flag ceremony attended by students of the morning session from grades 1 to 3, the principal asked those who got the award to raise their hands. he raised his. and that moment right there, even when i didn't see it, i am sure that my son's smile shone the brightest.